The women's individual archery event is one of five archery events at the 2024 Summer Olympics. It was held at Les Invalides.[1] There were 64 competitors from 40 nations, with nations having either 1 or 3 archers.
Background
This was the 13th consecutive appearance of the event, which has been held every Games since archery returned to the Olympic program in 1972.
64 archers qualify for the women's archery events. The 12 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) that qualify for the women's team event (including the host, France) enter the 3 team members in the individual event as well. Otherwise, NOCs may qualify a maximum of 1 archer in women's individual. There are quota spots available at various tournaments, including the World Championships, multiple continental events, and a final qualification tournament. There are also two Tripartite Commission invitational spots.
Competition format
As with the other archery events, the women's individual is a recurve archery event, held under the World Archery-approved 70-meter distance and rules. Competition begins with a ranking round, in which each archer shoots 72 arrows. The scores from the ranking round are used to seed the archers into a single-elimination bracket. The knockout matches used the set system introduced in 2012. Each match consists of up to 5 sets of 3 arrows per archer. The archer with the best score in each set wins the set, earning 2 points. If the score is tied, each archer receives 1 point. The first archer to 6 points wins the match. If the match is tied 5–5 after 5 sets, a single tie-breaker arrow is to be used with the closest to center winning.[2]
Records
Prior to the competition, the world and Olympic records were as follows.
The schedule for the women's individual event covers five separate days of competition.[1]
Date
Time
Round
Thursday, 25 July 2024
9:30
Ranking round
Tuesday, 30 July 2024 Wednesday, 31 July 2024 Thursday, 1 August 2024
12:26 18:11
1/32 finals 1/16 finals
Saturday, 3 August 2024
9:30 13:00 13:52 14:33 14:46
1/8 finals Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match
Results
Ranking round
The ranking round was held on 25 July 2024. All 64 entrants took part. Following the conclusion of the rankings round, the archers were seeded 1 to 64 in the elimination bracket. The scores will also be used to rank the women's team and mixed team events.
^"Olympic Sports: Archery". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
